Bag or satchel frame



(No Model.)

W. ROMER.

BAG OR SATOHEL FRAME.

No. 850,641. Patented Oct. 12, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM RGMER, OF NEWARK, NE\V J ERSEY..

BAG OR SATCHEL FRAME.

SPECIFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,641, dated October 12,1886. Application filed February 24, 1885, Serial No. 156,748. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that. I, WILLIAM. ROMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag or Satchel Frame Fixtures; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a more sightly or finished fastening for bags in which the sections or jaws of the frame thereof he one within the other in parallel planes, as illustrated in the drawings, and to obtain a more permanent, durable, or secure union of parts at a low cost of construction.

The invention consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters indicate corresponding parts in each ofthe figures, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bag or satchel frame having the improvements attached. Fig. 2 is a perspeclive view of the improved catch, showing its construction and relation to the strap like frame. Fig. 3is a sectional view of said catch and frame, illustrating clearly the mode of at taching the former to the latter; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a side fastener, which also embodies certain fcaturesof the invention.

In said drawings, a a are sections or jaws of a bag-frame, which are fiat or straplike and devoid of flanges, which make the ordinary sections angular in section. When closed to gether, one of said sections passes beneath the other, the two lying parallel with and close to the other, as indicated.

1) is an ordinary lock, employed in connection with bags or satchels, said lock being fastened on the upper frame, and provided with a suitable bolt or co-operating catch to engage the catch b, which emsuch as is commonly bodies the peculiar features of the invention. Said catch 1) consists of a plate, 71, preferably of the irregular shape shown, which engages the face of the lock-casc and covers or extends across the joint between the two sections or jaws of the frame. At or near the lower edges of the plate is a laterally-extending arm or arms, (I, which pass beneath the inner of the two straplike sections, and provide bearings to receive the flat face of the framesection, so that when the parts are riveted together, as at b, the union of parts will be firm, so that there will be no movement or play of one part upon the other, as will be understood. At the upper part of the plate It is a catching-tongue, it, which extends in a direction parallel or approximately parallel with the arm (I, so as to enter the openings in the lock-case andengage the bolt lying therein. Said tongue or tongues are provided with notches It, into which the said bolt may pass to prevent the withdrawal of the tongue from the lock. The ends of the tongues are wedgeshaped to cause thebolts to be repressed when the sections are closed together.

The castings shown in Fig. 4 are employed at the sides of the frame, as in Fig. 1, to engage suitable co operating catches to hold the frame sections securely together at those points. The laterallyproiecting arm or arms or bearings upon which the strap-like inner section is secured are perforated to receive the rivets above referred to.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- The combination, in a bag or satchel, of the outer and inner jaws, the outer jaw being provided with the lock (1, and the innerjaw having riveted to the under side thereof the catch 7/, having the plate It, notched and wedgeshaped tongues k, and attachinglugs (7, sub stantiall y as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of February, 1885.

VILLIAM ROMER.

W'itnesses:

CHARLES H. FELL, FREDK. F. CAMPBELL. 

